Amarillo, Texas Economy Profile

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Amarillo, Texas Economy

14.63% Amarillo, Texas households have a household income of between $25,000 and $34,999.17.36% Amarillo, Texas households have a household income of between $35,000 to $49,999. Median household income in a Amarillo, Texas household is $34,940. Amarillo, Texas households with supplemental security income account for 1.92% of Amarillo, Texas households. There are 1.58% households with public assistance income in Amarillo, Texas.

77.4% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers in Amarillo, Texas. Government workers account for 14.84% of Amarillo, Texas workers. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Amarillo, Texas are thirty-one thousand, three hundred and twenty-one dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $22,562.

sixty-five point seven nine percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Amarillo, Texas. Among them 30.86% are females aged 16 and over. 21.13% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 8.25% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Amarillo, Texas.

	Amarillo, Texas	%, Amarillo, Texas	United States
Population 16 years and over	130,592		217,168,077
In labor force	85,917	65.79%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	85,825	65.72%	63.39%
- - Employed	81,080	62.09%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	4,745	3.63%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	92	0.07%	0.53%
Not in labor force	44,675	34.21%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	69,239	53.02%	51.66%
In labor force	40,297	30.86%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	40,290	30.85%	29.65%
- - Employed	38,075	29.16%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	15,824	12.12%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	9,649		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	79,604		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	65,371	82.12%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	10,425	13.1%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	339	0.43%	4.73%
Walked	879	1.1%	2.93%
Other means	760	0.95%	1.19%
Worked at home	1,830	2.3%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	17.4	0.02%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	81,080		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	23,529	29.02%	33.65%
Service occupations	14,405	17.77%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	23,006	28.37%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	269	0.33%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	8,430	10.4%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	11,441	14.11%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	788	0.97%	1.87%
Construction	5,956	7.35%	6.78%
Manufacturing	8,333	10.28%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	3,594	4.43%	3.6%
Retail trade	11,678	14.4%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	4,501	5.55%	5.2%
Information	2,239	2.76%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	5,445	6.72%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	5,289	6.52%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	17,132	21.13%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	6,688	8.25%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	5,306	6.54%	4.87%
Public administration	4,131	5.09%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	62,755	77.4%	78.47%
Government workers	12,029	14.84%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	6,041	7.45%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	255	0.31%	0.31%

	Amarillo, Texas	%, Amarillo, Texas	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	67,559		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	7,618	11.28%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,550	8.22%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	10,774	15.95%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	9,887	14.63%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	11,725	17.36%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	11,887	17.59%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,169	7.65%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	3,179	4.71%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	753	1.11%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	1,017	1.51%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	34,940		41,994
With earnings	55,055	42.16%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	45,947		56,604
With Social Security income	16,977	13.0%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,402		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	2,507	1.92%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,189		6,320
With public assistance income	2,062	1.58%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,128		3,032
With retirement income	9,380	7.18%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,426		17,376
Families	45,968		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	3,016	6.56%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,545	5.54%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	6,184	13.45%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	6,483	14.1%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	8,741	19.02%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	9,995	21.74%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,605	10.02%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	2,880	6.27%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	657	1.43%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	862	1.88%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	42,536		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	18,621		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	31,321		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	22,562		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	5,118		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	4,228	82.61%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	2,380	46.5%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	2,508		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	2,253	89.83%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	1,216	48.48%	42.27%
Individuals	24,897		33,899,812
18 years and over	15,334	61.59%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	1,913	7.68%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	9,278	37.27%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	6,151	24.71%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	7,039	28.27%	31.63%

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